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Wilderness Policy 

International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy

24/11/202024/11/20202 months ago Jonas Sommer 314 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 3 min read

We are taking part in an International Day of Action on Forest Biomass Energy on 24th November and need your

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Wilderness Policy 

Help stop the destruction of forests for biomass

06/10/202005/10/20203 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 579 Views 1 Comment Biodiversity, Europe, forest future, Forest loss, forests 3 min read

Currently, EU policy indicates that burning wood is “zero carbon” and “renewable energy”. However, this approach is only true if

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Private efforts to protect ancient forests in Lithuania

14/09/202013/09/20204 months ago Gintare Tamulyte 394 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Logging 4 min read

Following public dissatisfaction with increased forest logging in Lithuania, a team of scientists, conservationists, lawyers, artists and nature lovers united

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Wilderness 

The climate crisis dries out Europe

10/08/202008/08/20205 months ago Jonas Sommer 755 Views 0 Comments climate, climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 4 min read

Many countries around Europe, especially Central Europe, sound the alarm. Ground water levels and soil moisture are on a historic

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Training WILDForest 

First forest webinar tomorrow

22/07/202029/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 719 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Tomorrow, 23rd July, our first webinar about the role of biodiversity in forests will take place. At 13.15 we start

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Training WILDForest 

Erstes Webinar zum Thema Biodiversität im Wald

21/07/202021/07/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 934 Views 0 Comments Biodiversity, forest, forest future, webinar 1 min read

Übermorgen, am Donnerstag den 23. Juli findet die Auftaktveranstaltung zu unserer Webinarreihe “Multperspektivischer Blick auf die Biodiversität im Wald” statt.

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European Wilderness Society Training 

German webinar series about forests

08/07/202016/09/20206 months ago Jonas Sommer 723 Views 0 Comments Education and Training, fire, forest, forest future, large carnivores, webinar, Wilderness education 2 min read

Starting on 23rd July, the European Wilderness Society will host a series of German-speaking webinars shining a light on all

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European Wilderness Society Training Wilderness Policy 

Call for partners: Natura 2000 training, forests, desertification and cities

01/07/202005/08/20207 months ago Jonas Sommer 880 Views 0 Comments Beech forest, Education and Training, forest future, Natura 2000, Old growth forests 2 min read

Important update 05.08.2020: As a professional project consortium has not yet formed to develop a project idea for one of

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Wilderness Policy Wildlife 

Will burning forests be the new normal?

23/04/202029/04/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1064 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, fire, forest, forest future, Forest loss, forests 4 min read

The climate crisis is the worst crisis in human history and it will affect almost every aspect of the environment

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Forest use: Spare where possible, share where beneficial

08/04/202003/04/20209 months ago Jonas Sommer 1131 Views 0 Comments forest, forest future, Wilderness, WILDForests 4 min read

As advocates of Wilderness – drastically shortened meaning non-human-intervention or self-willed land – we are often confronted with the question

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Wilderness Policy 

Percentage of European forest cover is misguiding information

25/02/202025/02/202011 months ago Vlado Vancura 1724 Views 1 Comment Europe, forest, forest future, Forest loss 2 min read

Our planet is at the edge of ecological collapse. One of the fundamental reasons is several centuries of deforestation and

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Research 

Germany third most climate change affected country in 2018

19/12/201919/12/20191 year ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1274 Views 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Overheating, fire, forest future 3 min read

Germanwatch, together with the NewClimate Institute and Climate Network International, published their 15th Climate Risk Index 2020 (CRI). They are

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The German National Forest Summit – Rescue For The Forest?

23/10/201931/10/20191 year ago European Wilderness Society Volunteer 1496 Views 0 Comments climate change, forest future 2 min read

In the end of September 2019 the German National Forest Summit took place in Berlin. In that summit, different stakeholders

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